Coordinates Hohhot, I will go back to my hometown every Dragon Boat Festival, for nothing else, mainly because I am greedy for the cold cakes made by my mother. In the countryside around Hohhot, even in the city, some families still have the habit of making their own cold cakes. Young people are too lazy to cook, or they can't cook, and most of them will buy some cold cakes or dumplings, which is more from the traditional tradition and can also increase the atmosphere of festivals. Therefore, this cool cake is one of the must-have items for the Dragon Boat Festival.

In the past, most traditional practices used yellow rice, but now they have added glutinous rice, and sometimes they are mixed. The production process is actually not complicated, but it is time-consuming. Usually, my mother washes the yellow rice quickly two days in advance, and then soaks it with clear water. On the Dragon Boat Festival, she cooks it for more than an hour with full fire, adds soaked red dates and raisins, and sometimes adds some preserved fruit. After cooking, she can cool it out. It tastes strong, soft and sweet, suitable for all ages!

In addition to cold cakes, stewing a pot of bones is the practice of most families in Inner Mongolia. Sheep bones, pig bones, depending on preferences, of course, home cooking is also indispensable. Some families will also eat jiaozi, but personally, stewed bone fried cake is the perfect match.

Dragon Boat Festival, which originated in China, was originally a festival in which ancient ancestors sacrificed their ancestors in the form of dragon boat races. It is said that Qu Yuan, a poet of Chu State in the Warring States Period, threw himself into the Miluo River during the Dragon Boat Festival. Later, people also took the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan. In some places, there are also sayings in memory of Wu Zixu, Cao E and meson tui. In any case, this tradition has been passed down to this day, and it is also a festival with a sense of ceremony. On this day, my mother always hangs mugwort leaves picked in advance at the door, which is said to drive away plague and evil spirits. Children will tie five-color lines on their wrists, legs and wrists, and hang sachets on their backs. It's really not clear why, but if you know, you can supplement them.

The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, and it's a three-day holiday. I think it's also a good choice to go home to see my parents, eat farm dishes, and personally make cold cakes and make dumplings.